Patient's experience of identifying and managing exacerbations in COPD: A qualitative study

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Williams, Veronika ^a   Hardinge, Maxine ^b   Ryan, Sara ^a   Farmer, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; COUGHING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION; SELF MONITORING; SPUTUM; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; WELLBEING; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE;

EID: 84928078071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20551010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npjpcrm.2014.62     Document Type: Article

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